Building New Frontiers
In 1992 Rosemary met with Janet Museveni (the first lady of Uganda). Rosemary was asked if there was anything she could do for the 1.5 million orphans living in Uganda. After much prayer, God opened the door for Rafiki to build and run orphanages. By 2000, under Rosemary's guidance, Rafiki began constructing orphanages across Africa.
“Building an orphanage was a huge undertaking, and I was afraid to do it, but more afraid not to do it if this was what God was calling us to do.”
This was just the beginning. In 2001 Rosemary dedicated the first Rafiki Village in Ghana. The tenth and final Village in Rwanda was dedicated in 2009. Under Rosemary's leadership, Rafiki developed educational programs for children, teacher training programs for future African educators, a skills program for equipping African widows, and of course, the Rafiki Bible Study.
Watch a video on the history of Rafiki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvEyWgq67WI
